Darwyn Cooke was a fantastic comic artist skilled who loved the medium and came up through the animation ranks. He brought those storytelling chops to many a fine DC comic in time including a great run on The Spirit (more on that tomorrow). Below is a small gallery of just some of the many cover images available in The Art of Darwyn Cooke, a great collection of his stories from Batman to Jonah Hex and more. There are included the covers for my favorite Cooke effort -- The New Frontier.
More Darwyn Cooke tomorrow.
Rip Off
I am a massive fan of Darwyn's work he was a great storyteller a wonderful artist and a breath of fresh air to comics. Along with Bruce Timm, Darwyn was responsible for refueling my interest in superhero comics. It was such a shock when I read that he passed away so young .
ReplyDeleteI love New Frontier and fell in love with Cooke's art in general as a result. He was a master.
DeleteWhat a fantastic cartoonist! Cook and Timm stand head and shoulders above the others using this type of style.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. It's a spare style that's more difficult to achieve than it looks.
Delete